Chi Pen-yu Condemns British Fascist Atrocities in Hongkong

Chi Pen-yu, a member of the Cultural Revolution Group Under the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, strongly condemned the British imperialists for their fascist atrocities in Hongkong and the vainly trying to intimidate the great Chinese people with a few miserable warships. He warned the British imperialists: "If you do not lower your hearts and own up to your crimes, we will let you have a taste of the Chinese people's iron list!" He said this on June 5 in a speech at the closing ceremony of the seminar sponsored by the Afro-Asian Writers Bureau to mark the 25th anniversary of Chairman Mao's Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art. Chi Pen-yu said: "British imperialism has stagemanaged the sanguinary incidents of May 2. 6 and 22 in Hongkong, unwarrantedly arresting our patriotic compatriots in Hongkong and Kowloon and suppressing the revolutionary masses, and has imposed a fascist reign of white terror. Several days ago, a few wretched warships were sent to the coast off Hongkong to make a blusterous show of force. Overrating himself, stupid John Bull has clearly forgotten the times, so much so that he does not know what age he Is in now. We must warn the British imperialists that the era of the imperialist piratical gunboat policy' has long come to an end. You are now at the end of your tether and have fully revealed your features as a paper tiger. You had better recall how the Amethyst sneaked away in the most unseemly manner. Today, in the face of the powerful socialist China, it is really pitiable and ludicrous that you should vainly try to intimidate the great Chinese people with a few wretched warships. We hereby warn the British imperialists: The old debt you owe us for launching the dirty Opium War and forcibly occupying Hongkong by taking advantage of the corruption in the Ching court is not yet repaid. Today you are again perpetrating fascist atrocities in Hongkong. This is a grave provocation against the great People's Republic of China. The 700 million Chinese people will absolutely not tolerate it."